Regional geoid improvement over the Antarctic Peninsula utilizing airborne gravity data

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Abstract

We present an improved quasigeoid of the Palmer Land Region, Antarctic Peninsula, derived from recent aerogravimetry profiles provided by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Special focus is given to the treatment of the ice layer covering the bedrock topography, the latter one being regarded as the boundary surface. The remove-compute-restore technique (RCR) with least-squares collocation (LSC) and a point mass modeling, respectively, are applied and compared. In addition to previous studies, an alternative strategy regarding downward continuation has been introduced. Furthermore, the Residual Terrain Model (RTM) has been enhanced to incorporate the individual densities of water, ice and bedrock.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGeodesy for Planet Earth
EditorsSteve Kenyon, Maria Christina Pacino, Urs Marti
PublisherSpringer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Volume136
ISBN (electronic)978-3-642-20338-1
ISBN (print)978-3-642-20337-4
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesInternational Association of Geodesy Symposia
ISSN0939-9585

External IDs

Scopus 84884302974
ORCID /0000-0002-0892-8941/work/142248874

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Keywords

  • airborne gravimetry, regional geoid, Antarctica